Nose-ring for cattle



(No Model.)

B. K. REA. NOSE RING FOR GATTLE.

Patented July 2, 1889..

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EDMUN D K. REA, OF C-O\VGILL, MISSOURI.

NOSE-RING FOR CATTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,061, dated July 2, 1889.

Application filed February '7, 1889. Serial No. 299,000. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, EDMUND K. REA, a cit-izen of the United States, residing at Cowgill, in the county of Caldwell and State of Mis souri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nose-Rings for Cattle, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in nose-rings for cattle; and it consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view of the ring embodying my invention in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a view of the ring in its open position. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same. Fig. I is a perspective detail view; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of amodified form.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A A designate the independent sections of the improved ring, which are hinged or pivoted together at one end, and are provided at the other end with a suitable locking device. The hinged end of one of the sections is bifurcated or slotted to receive a tongue 0 on the adjacent end of the other section, and a pivotpin (0 passes through the lapping ends, and

thereby hinges them together.

. The free end of the section A is bifurcated or provided with a slot B to receive the tongue on the free end of the section A, whereby the free end of the said tongue bears against the shoulder 7) at the inner end of the slot, and the end of the section A bears against the shoulders c c on opposite sides of the said tongue. The said shoulders are inclined to the radii of the ring, and the free ends of the sections are similarly inclined to titsnugly against the said shoulders, and therefore the said free ends of the sections are tapered to points at the outer edge of the ring, whereby they pierce the cartilage in the noses of the cattle and cut their way theretlu'ough.

A small transverse pin I) is arranged inv the bifurcated or slotted end of the section A close to the shoulder l1, and the free end of the tongue on the other section is prm'ided with a notch E to fit over and engage the said pin. The free end of the section A, on opposite sides of its slot, is provided with small inclined notches G G, which are adapted to engage inclined spurs or detents F F on the shoulders v c.

The operation of the improved ring is simple. In the ordinary practice the sections of the ring are provided with blunt ends, and therefore it is necessary to punch the noses of the cattle before applying the ring, and after the latter is in place itis necessary to secure the free ends together by means of a screw or a rivet. These operations are attended with much risk and inconvenience, owing to the fright of the animal, caused by the pain, and itis also difficult to properly ring the cattle under these circumstances.

The free ends of the improved ring are sharpened or pointed, so that they will cut their way through the cartilage of the nose, and, therefore, to apply the same the free ends are separated and placed in the nose of the animal, and when the sections are pressed together the tongue (3 is caused to enter the slot B. The notch in the free end of the tongue now engages with the pin at the inner end of the said slot, and the notches G G engage. the inclined spurs or d etents F F and the rcby automatically lock the free ends of the ring together.

It will be evident that owing to the shape of the notches Gand spurs or detents F they will readily engage when the ends of the sections are forced together, but will effectually prevent the subsequent separation of the same.

From the above description it will be ap parent that theimproved ring is self-piercing and automatically locking, and therefore it requires but one motion to apply it properly to the nose of the animal, thereby obviating the disadvantages of the old form of nosering and enabling the ringing of cattle to be more quickly, effectively, and safely accomplished.

In Fig. 5 is shown a modified form of the nose-ring, in which I dispense with the detents F and notches G. In this case the ring is still self-locking.

Having thus described the invention, I claim 1. The nose-ring herein (llescribed, the same comprising the section A, bifurcated at its free end and provided with the transverse pin D, passing through the section at the base of and being exposed within said bifurcation, and the section A ,provided with a tongue 0 at its free end, said tongue having a notch E in its inner face, adapted to engage said pin, said bifurcated ends .and said tongue being beveled on their inner sides and carried into sharp points at the periphery of the ring, as and for the purpose set forth.

' 2. A nose-ring comprising the section A, bifurcated at its free end and provided with the notches G G and the transverse pin 1), and the section A, provided with a tongue to .fit in the bifurcation of the other section and having a notch E to engage the pin 1), the section A being further provided on opposite sides of its tongue With the inclined spurs F F to engage the notches G G in the end of the section A, all constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND K. REA.

\Vitnesses:

W. E. TEMPLETON, JACOB GRAY. 

